Intra-modal and cross-modal spatial attention to auditory and visual stimuli.: An event-related brain potential study

被引:83
作者
Teder-Sälejärvi, WA
Münte, TF
Sperlich, FJ
Hillyard, SA
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Neurosci 0608, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Cognit Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[3] Med Hsch Hannover, Hannover, Germany
来源
COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH | 1999年 / 8卷 / 03期
关键词
event-related brain potential; selective attention; visual attention; auditory attention; cross-modal attention;
D O I
10.1016/S0926-6410(99)00037-3
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
This study investigated cross-modal interactions in spatial attention by means of recording event-related brain potentials (ERPs). Noise bursts and light flashes were presented in random order to both left and right field locations separated by 60 degrees in free-field. One group of subjects was instructed to attend selectively to the noise bursts (attend-auditory group), and a second group attended only to the flashes (attend-visual group). On different runs attention was directed to either the right or left field stimuli of the designated modality. In the attend-auditory group, noise bursts at the attended location elicited a broad, biphasic negativity (Nd) beginning at 70 ms. The cross-modal spatial attention effect on the auditory ERPs in the attend-visual group was very similar in morphology, but the Nd was reduced in amplitude relative to the intra-modal effect. In the attend-visual group, flashes at the attended location elicited enhanced early (100-200 ms) and late (200-350 ms) ERP components relative to unattended-location flashes. The cross-modal effect in the amend-auditory group included small but significant enhancements of early components of the Visual ERPs. It was concluded that spatial attention has a multi-modal organization such that the processing of stimuli at attended locations is facilitated at an early, sensory level, even for stimuli of an unamended modality. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:327 / 343
页数:17
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